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| Venue | Colombo Oval, Colombo on 17th, 18th, 19th November 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | [unknown], JK Murray |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 263/6 (Manjrekar 67*, Khanna 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Ceylon (1) 69/7 (Goonesena 17*, Arenhold 6*) |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | c Lafir b Goonesena | 24 | |||||
| NJ Contractor | c Schoorman b CI Gunasekara | 78 | 210 | 8 | - | ||
| *PR Umrigar | c Schoorman b Wijesinha | 61 | 140 | 4 | 1 | ||
| VL Manjrekar | c and b Goonesena | 77 | |||||
| AG Kripal Singh | st Fernando b Goonesena | 5 | |||||
| GS Ramchand | c Arenhold b Goonesena | 9 | |||||
| P Bhandari | st Fernando b Goonesena | 0 | |||||
| +SK Khanna | st Fernando b Goonesena | 19 | |||||
| Ghulam Ahmed | c Inman b Goonesena | 3 | |||||
| SP Gupte | b Arenhold | 4 | |||||
| BR Mohan Rai | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 109.1 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-161, 3-165, 4-183, 5-203, 6-207, 7-271, 8-278, 9-283, 10-283 (109.1 ov) | |||||||
| Ceylon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arenhold | 16 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coomaraswamy | 13 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Schoorman | 20 | 11 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wijesinha | 22 | 5 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 24.1 | 3 | 69 | 7 | - | - | |
| CI Gunasekara | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ceylon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ACM Lafir | b Gupte | 5 | |||||
| CH Gunasekara | b Gupte | 11 | |||||
| CC Inman | b Ghulam Ahmed | 0 | |||||
| CI Gunasekara | b Gupte | 9 | |||||
| *G Goonesena | c Bhandari b Gupte | 48 | |||||
| A Sethupathy | c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed | 4 | |||||
| B Wijesinha | b Gupte | 5 | |||||
| S Coomaraswamy | b Ghulam Ahmed | 5 | |||||
| JA Arenhold | c Contractor b Gupte | 27 | |||||
| +HIK Fernando | not out | 22 | |||||
| GP Schoorman | b Ramchand | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 78.5 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-20, 3-24, 4-33, 5-50, 6-55, 7-62, 8-111, 9-133, 10-150 (78.5 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mohan Rai | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramchand | 7.5 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Umrigar | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gupte | 34 | 16 | 64 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 28 | 14 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | c CI Gunasekara b Lafir | 42 | |||||
| NJ Contractor | c Coomaraswamy b Inman | 42 | |||||
| AG Kripal Singh | not out | 33 | |||||
| P Bhandari | not out | 7 | |||||
| *PR Umrigar | did not bat | ||||||
| VL Manjrekar | did not bat | ||||||
| GS Ramchand | did not bat | ||||||
| +SK Khanna | did not bat | ||||||
| Ghulam Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Gupte | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Mohan Rai | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 38 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-99 | |||||||
| Ceylon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arenhold | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coomaraswamy | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wijesinha | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| CI Gunasekara | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lafir | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Inman | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sethupathy | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ceylon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ACM Lafir | c and b Contractor | 16 | |||||
| A Sethupathy | b Contractor | 12 | |||||
| +HIK Fernando | c Mohan Rai b Contractor | 0 | |||||
| CC Inman | c Ramchand b Manjrekar | 26 | |||||
| S Coomaraswamy | b Manjrekar | 11 | |||||
| CI Gunasekara | not out | 22 | |||||
| B Wijesinha | not out | 4 | |||||
| CH Gunasekara | did not bat | ||||||
| *G Goonesena | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Arenhold | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Schoorman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 27 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-19, 3-49, 4-67, 5-67 | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mohan Rai | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roy | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Contractor | 9 | 5 | 12 | 3 | - | - | |
| Manjrekar | 9 | 2 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bhandari | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CC Inman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Wijesinha made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Coomaraswamy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GP Schoorman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HIK Fernando (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> SK Khanna made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> P Bhandari made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> SK Khanna made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> NJ Contractor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Ceylon second innings (previous best was 3-42)
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